Knowles v. Knowles - Emergency Motion for Stay Denied
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The Court of Appeals of Georgia denied Jeremy Knowles's pro se emergency motion seeking a stay of enforcement of a trial court's final order pending appellate review. The court found that although his application for discretionary appeal was granted on March 10, 2026, he failed to file a stamped notice of appeal in DeKalb County Superior Court within the required ten-day period, meaning no supersedeas existed to automatically stay enforcement. The court declined to exercise its limited emergency powers under Court of Appeals Rule 40(b) to grant discretionary relief.
“Knowles has not included a stamped "filed" copy of a notice of appeal with his emergency motion, and the clerk's office of this Court has confirmed with the clerk's office of DeKalb County Superior Court that no such notice has been filed.”
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The Court of Appeals of Georgia denied an emergency motion for stay filed by a pro se litigant in a domestic relations matter. The court held that the movant's failure to file a stamped notice of appeal in the trial court meant no supersedeas existed to stay enforcement of the underlying final order. The court further declined to invoke its limited Rule 40(b) emergency powers as an alternative basis for relief.
Pro se litigants seeking to stay enforcement of trial court orders pending appeal should be aware that filing a notice of appeal in the trial court is a prerequisite for supersedeas. Litigants who fail to meet this procedural requirement cannot rely on a pending discretionary application alone to automatically stay enforcement, and appellate courts may decline to exercise discretionary emergency powers to remedy procedural defaults.
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Jeremy Knowles v. Chelsea Knowles
Court of Appeals of Georgia
- Citations: None known
- Docket Number: A26E0186
Disposition: Emergency Motion Denied
Disposition
Emergency Motion Denied
Combined Opinion
Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia
ATLANTA,____________________
April 23, 2026
The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:
A26E0186. KNOWLES v. KNOWLES.
Jeremy Knowles, proceeding pro se, has filed an “Emergency Motion for Stay
of Enforcement Pending Appellate Review” in which he asserts that an appeal is
pending before this Court. Knowles’s application for discretionary appeal was granted
on March 10, 2026, and he was given ten days to file a notice of appeal in the trial
court, if he had not already done so. Knowles has not included a stamped “filed” copy
of a notice of appeal with his emergency motion, and the clerk’s office of this Court
has confirmed with the clerk’s office of DeKalb County Superior Court that no such
notice has been filed. As a result, it does not appear that there is a notice of appeal
that would operate as supersedeas of the trial court’s final order.
We decline to exercise our limited emergency powers under Court of Appeals
Rule 40(b) to stay enforcement of the trial court’s final order. The emergency motion
is hereby DENIED.
Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
04/23/2026
I certify that the above is a true extract from
the minutes of the Court of Appeals of Georgia.
Witness my signature and the seal of said court
hereto affixed the day and year last above written.
, Clerk.
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